The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-05-20
CURRENT COMMENT.

New York Tribune: Good bOoms can
not be manufactured. They have to be
developed.
Philadelphia Times: The sleep of the
star eyed goddess is disturbed by visions
of Kentucky in the role ola protective
State.
Savannah Nems Dcm.): The Ken
lucky platform will hardly be taken as 4
model by Democrats of many of the
other States.
New York Heraid: The year 1887 il
not time nor great cosmopolitan center
the place for the operation of Puritani
cal blue laws.
Boston Journal: The man who can not
subscribe TO the sentiments of Senator
Sherman's speech at Nashville should
not call hImselfa Republican.
st. Louis Globe Democrat: The surplus
question will compel the Democracy to
act honestly and make q serious attempt
to deal with the tariff ut the next session
of Congress,
Philadelphia Press: No wonder the
Kentucky Democrats, even, demand
honest civil-service reform. Honesty i'm
the furtherance of that reform seems to
be generally wanted.
New York Tribune: The Kentucky
idea concerning which Mr.. Watterson
talks SO much seems TO be an idea that
whisky should be protected and iron left
to take care of itself.
Peoria Transcript The Hon. Dave
Littler has not yet resigned his place on
the Republican National Committee.
Mr.. LIttler seems to be built after the
Garland style of architecture.
Milwaukee Sentinel: If the Knights
are to steer clear of Chaos, they must
uphold Powderly, and give him free
swing. His downfall would be a long
step towards disorganization.
st. Louis Republican; Since the New
York Mugwumps have been heard from
on the Kentucky platform, the Blue
Grass region is reminded that Benedict
Arnold was the original Independent
who inaugurated the movement for a
British policy in this country.
New York Times: The feeling that is
very general in financial circles that the
constant accumulation of money in the
Treasury of the United States threatens
a disturbance to the money market is
not unreasonable, but it would be easy
to yield too much Importance to it.
st. Louis Globe Democrat: According
to Herr Falb, the moon is approaching
the earth Mt the rate of nine feet in a
century, which signifies that collision
will take place at about the same time
that the Democratic party's plan of re.
form shall begin to have practical effect.
-I..dianapolis- LaiiraaaI, We do not
want any ertangling alliances with the
Sandwich Islands or any other country
but in qiew of their geographical posi-.
ton and of the fact that their closest
trade relations should be with the Unit.
ed States, our government should take
care that England does not elbow us out
Brooklyn Eagle: The election of the
Hon. Charles J. Faulkner, of West Vir
glnia, to the United States Senate in
creases the already Overwhelming pro.
portion of lawyers in that august body
Indeed, it looks as if one of the chic
objects of representative government in
this country were to give the lawyers an
opportunity to alternate the practice OF
their profession with the duties of legis-
lators. From these bookish monopolists
the supplemented farmer and the mod
est representatives of other Industries
accept their laws, apparently without
any idea that it would be better thing
for the country if we had a little more
plain, common sense, and home-spur
honesty in the Legislature and less pro-
fessional knowledge. -.